LPG Tipper??

[grant]

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Edited April 26, 2011 by grant

[Highland Forestry]

I have been smoking around in my 'new' 2001 LT35 cab/chassis for a week its got a petrol/lpg conversion by Tickford. I am having a drop side fabricated for it in a week but giving it some use to see how it goes and if it needs anything.

 

There is no noticable drop in power when i run on LPG, but the tickover/idle is a bit lumpy. There may be a drop in power when loaded only time will tell but so far i have been very impressed with it running on LPG.

 

It cost me £30 to fill the LPG tank, there are 2 places here on the IOM that sell it but one of those is central. It cost me £0.93 a Litre which i feel is worth the hassle of driving an additional 5 mins to get! £0.93p verses £1.48 it is this that caused me to choose this LT35 as the basis for my Log Delivery Vehicle.

 

 

Would be really good to hear how you get on with it fully loaded or towing...

What about steep hills??

[finky]

i have an 02 transit tipper on lpg and it is without question the best van i have ever owned.its 2.4 dohc 16v and runs like a dream...lpg is 65p/litre...do the math boys

[Stumpgo]

I have a 98 transit LWB Van on lpg and it runs pretty well. 2.0 dohc 16v.

 

Its at full weight (3.5t) virtually all the time.

 

On gas its 16/17 mpg; on petrol around 21 mpg. Thats mainly short journey and urban driving. With the price difference I'd need around 35 mpg on petrol to match the gas cost.

 

(And what mpg should I expect if I swapped the van for a modern Diesel?)

[firewood]

What about getting the diesel transit, getting it remapped, block off the EGR, de cat it, every little helps

 

what does each of those steps do or achieve? just interested.

[Billy]

the diesel transit on biodiesel 90-100p a litre can;t beat it. and no bio diesel is NOT svo requires no mods and does no harm.